Originally posted by: TheVrolok
I played SH3 on a PC and loved it. I had never really been a console gamer and I wish I had been able to take part in the first 2 games, and the fourth (I guess I could buy it for the PC). I just feel like I'm missing too much story to try and play the 5th.
Just play the first one. They have completely different stories with each sequel and are not correlated, but they share all the same themes.
People suffering from major mental and emotional trauma that force themselves to see things in a different reality. Dementia of sort. Silent Hill use to be the "gateway" for this dimension, though the creators of the game started experimenting outside the town.
If you really want to, just Google up a plot analysis.